The divers will attempt to bring out 13 non-swimmers through a very challenging cave dive! Harrowing. The way the cave-diving community has mobilized is impressive as cave-diving is a very specific subset of diving—even expert non cave-divers have limited skills for this.https://twitter.com/ap/status/1015805862131261442 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted AFP News Agency
Amazing. The volunteer cave-divers and Thai divers are reportedly tethering themselves to these—until very recently non-swimming children—to guide them through dangerous, narrow cave passages—putting their own lives on the line. Hope the rest goes as well.https://twitter.com/afp/status/1015932394480766976 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted
Second rescue attempt is reportedly under way. A thread explaining how different caves are compared to what most people see/experience as diving. That particular cave was so challenging that it took days for world’s best cave divers to get through first. https://twitter.com/where_is_puff/status/1016113131045736449 …
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The cross-sections show a no-mount area—a place so narrow that divers have to take off the tank. Reports are that it's about 15 inches/38cm: just lightly taller than an A4 paper. Plus, the chokepoint is an inverted-V. They have to go up and then come down at a sharp angle.pic.twitter.com/3kfAPvNVRF
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Marco Bogaers
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#ThaiCaveRescue, remember Saman Kuan—the Thai diver who gave his life—and the top cave-divers who rushed to put their lives on the line. Especially John Volanthen, Rick Stanton & Richard Harris should never pay for a dinner or drink again.https://twitter.com/marcobogaers/status/1016638192940826625 …zeynep tufekci added,
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*Saman Kunan
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Arpakorn Yookongkaew
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